What was the reason to start anal play with toys?

Im wondering whats the main reason for someone to begin with anal toys?

For me it's not that common I guess: Im a real ass-man and like to watch porn with anal once a while. The more I watched it, the more I became curious how it would felt because it looked that the girls really enjoyed it (at least in the porn I watch, not to hardcore) So a couple of years ago I decide to buy a plug and try it....and so it started..

I saw it in porn and wanted to try it. When I discovered how great a toy felt, it was a nice alternative to vaginal intercourse, which I intend to continue to wait until marriage for (not married yet). Funny thing is I've only had anal sex with one person, currently my partner and highly likely to be the one I marry. I need to really trust the person.

I had a girlfriend who loved anal and I wondered how it felt--but I was too scared to try anything bigger than a finger.

After she broke up with me, I moved back to my hometown and rekindled a relationship with my best friend, a guy. I gave him blowjobs. After a few months, he told me he wanted to fuck me! I was scared, but I simply could NOT say no to him. So I went to a local adult video store and bought a classic 6" vibrator and taught myself how to receive anal. When he topped me, it went smoothly and felt AMAZING.

Now I still use anal toys mostly for warmup, but now it's warmup for pegging with my wife. I also have learned to like p-spor stimulation during solo play and I'm going to try long-term wear and see how I like that.